Out With The Old? Or Is It Not Time?

Push-Ups: 10 (morning), 10 (after shower), 10 (after my run).
So that means 165-30=135

Ran: 3 miles in 29:32 minutes. (HELLO! I did it!)
Ok. Admittedly, this wasn't easy. But man, I did it! I had the treadmill set to 6.0 mph and hung out there for as long as I could. Then, I bumped it up to 6.5 and to 7 and to 7.5. Well, I was ALL OVER the shop. But never below 6.0. My feet were on FIRE.

This is taper week. I am wonky during taper week.
During my run today, I thought, "Man! I should have done more tempo runs." "Man! I should have done more speed intervals." It's like, I can train my body to run faster. And I haven't been doing so. I have been cruising....  Man. Oh. Man.  Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

I also wondered about shoes and have a question for you.
I have a pair of Adrenalines that has 350ish miles (definitely under 400). I have trained pretty much exclusively in this pair of oldies.
Then, I have a new pair of Adrenalines (same model, same color, same size). I have ran probably less than 30 miles in it, with an 8-mile run as the longest distance I have ran in that new pair.
Which one would you wear during your half marathon? Old vs. new? 

I love to cook. And I have been cooking A LOT lately. I am just inspired by I-have-no-idea-what!
Hence, this explains the excessive number of food pictures. Anyway, today's meal revolved around a sauce - aji verde (Peruvian green sauce made with cilantro, jalapenos, olive oil, vinegar, salt, garlic, and sour cream).

Other than using 3 jalapenos, I cannot tell you the exact measurement of the other ingredients. 

It was made by feel. But the liquids were about 1 tablespoon each). 

So, do a quick search on google to get the proportions. 

The sauce was delish! 

It was fresh, light, a hint of heat, and it was green! A pretty shade of green. 

This was great over a roast chicken thigh. But I can imagine dipping toasted flat bread in it too. 

Ok. I really love to cook. And I love to cook for people I love. 

To me, cooking is more than just slapping a meal together and keeping a person from starvation. 

Sure, there are days when I threw stuff together and can't be bothered, 

but most days, I do try to go above and beyond when it comes to food. 

I take pride in my cooking. 

And I take pride in running too. 

I ask. You answer.

I struggled this week with my exercises and runs.
Almost epic-failure quality, but not quite.
Apparently, my creative scheduling skills were quite sucky this week. 

Ingredients for workout disaster:
Late nights.
Sleeping ins.
Temperatures hovering above 80 degrees.
Much rather spend time with the boyfriend in 60-degree room. 

I woke up a little too late this morning - 7:30 a.m.
It was already a blazing 80 degrees outside.
I can't bring myself to run out in that kind of heat. 
Seriously.
I am wishing for a snow storm right now.
Really.
Let's just fast forward to winter.

Another reason why I am hating late spring/summer.
Bugs! Flies, mosquitoes, ticks, fleas.
ITCHY!
I can't seem to step outside my front door
without letting the mosquitoes have a feast on me.

I am considering buying a treadmill. 

I have membership to the Y to use the treadmills.
I don't usually go to the classes. I hate classes.
But the treadmill room is kinda hot and stale.
If I have a treadmill at my house, I can turn the air down to a low 60s
and set up fans blowing into my face.
 What do you think? 

Do you have a treadmill at home? What kind?

Do you like it/use it?

I am thinking about spending not more than $600.

I ask/You Answer

QUESTION OF THE DAY:  What do you want to read about?

Let's not kid myself.
I am not a famous pro-runner.  So I cannot WOW you with that. 
I don't have many cold, hard running facts to dispense.  Most of my "advice" came from screwing it up myself and learning not to do it again. 
And I am not a fast runner so I can't exactly dazzle you with that either.  

And to read about how I struggle to get out of my warm bed in the cold mornings to go run, and how I ran 3 miles, 4 miles, and 5 miles .... well.. that's just not really that interesting. 

I know some of y'all enjoyed the "Random Thoughts" I post when I run alone or have the opportunity to zone out even when I am running in a group.  But what else would you like to read about?

I'm still going to blog about my runs - usually a paragraph or two would suffice. 
I kinda have been "experimenting" - blogging about shopping/grocery trips, doing random things around the house, my two girls (Buttercup and Paddy Wag), some food.  Is this the direction that I should be going? 

I would love to hear your suggestions.
Thanks!!

Some miles and a vote.

We ran 4.62 miles today. It was slow(took us 58:53 minutes) and I felt like I could have gone a little faster though. Good news is I felt pretty good the entire run. My sciatica-thingy part didn't hurt. My legs felt pretty good.

I have a question for you. 

There is a half marathon on the Oct 23rd. 

I ran my last long run of 10 miles on Sept 26. 

I am thinking about running 10 miles this weekend. And if I come out in one entire piece, I am thinking, what the heck, I'm running that dang half marathon.

(a) Go for it?

OR

(b) I'm CRAZY?